Bluffton voters will select four candidates in a 10-candidate race for Bluffton council seats on the Nov. 7 general election. This is the highest number of candidates in several elections.
The four top vote-getters will win four-year council terms beginning Jan. 1, 2018, and ending Dec. 30, 2021.
The following names will be printed on the Nov. 7 ballot. Write-in candidates may still file petitions to run, but their names will not be on the ballot. The write-in filing deadline is in August.
Darrell Groman provides an interesting footnote to Bluffton High's tennis win over the weekend in Lima. Here goes:
Many in Bluffton thought the Lima News caption in the Sunday, April 23, Sports Section was a typographical error. The caption with photo on page 4C reads, "Lima Senior's Christian Groman, playing at No. 3 singles, hits a return during Saturday's Lima City High School Tennis Tournament ..." (you can also find the article and photo on their website at www.limanews.com.
Lauren Canaday took the Icon's wildlife photo of the week.
Here's what she says about the photo:
"I just watched a pheasant run from my backyard through the neighborhood heading towards College Avenue...
"I got in my car and found it running through the library's back parking lot, and all through those parking lots until it got to behind the town hall and then I gave up.
She adds: "I've never seen one before, and wow, can they run!"
